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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1897
Page
6
Fragmented OCR describes a dramatic escape tale from Michigan State Prison at Jackson with garbled names and medical notes. It recounts insistence on a remedy and references a physician, a pill remedy, and altered life due to illness, ending with talk of army strength and public notices.
A long vintage fragment recounts a Detroit convention tale about a beauty pageant and a young girl drawn to a pure white lily. It describes a charity or educative scene, with a motherly warning about refinement and virtue, set amid other dated notes on telegraph speed and inventions. The text mixes moral observation with curious industrial asides and a fleeting anecdote of a child and flower.
A chaotic scene unfolds as Miss Owens appears in a dieyele costume before pupils. Students heckle, teachers attempt calm, and the event triggers a violent, public quarrel with insults and gossip in a crowded New York street, drawing officials and onlookers into the fracas. The incident heightens tensions around decorum and discipline in the era’s schooling.
A garbled dispatch describes Gov. Jimi Shiutiow of Abieha presenting a secret interior report to the secretary. Mentions Yuko mining Kopin and Alwendt Copperrial company with arbitration for Great Vrilin dispute. References Ajusika St and October 1 period with ore prices around four dollars per ton.
Walter Hoon wed recently and guests mocked decorum as a double line greeted the couple at the train. A hay wagon ride to the bride’s home led to rowdy celebration with mock chases, followed by a jury verdict penalizing the groom. The crowd dispersed, and the night ended with the couple alone at home.
The contract covers building the largest schooner ever on the lakes. The vessel will be about 400 feet overall, 276 set keel, 40 feet beam, and 96 feet depth, rivaling the James Nasmyth in length. Five ships are under construction at South Chicago this winter, employing 1,200 to 1,400 men for six months, for the James Corrigan fleet of Cleveland, to haul iron ore.
In Manree county towns an Independent telephone line project aims to connect every small town with a road improvement plan and a new road company. Citizens discuss a fire department volunteer effort, and items note marriages, deaths, and local business changes in Galesburg, Detroit, Grand Rapids, and Williamsport areas.
Fragmented OCR reading mentions attempting to clamp a wad of tobacco and blow through a lighter to expel dust. It notes cigar dust in tobacco and a method to rob longs, with references to a New York Journal and various obscure names.
After seventeen years of pain and illness, an individual finally ends his suffering by using a noted salve. The record lists doctors and remedies, including WH Hentels, St. Lots, BS, Webb, and Ani, with a focus on severe and lingering conditions.
Incoherent text fragment presents no clear events or identities. No discernible people organizations places dates or scores.
An advertisement from W.H. Rennes and B.S. Webb of St. Louis promotes a new sealing method by Dye Watt's Witety Hagel salve claimed to cure piles. The copy cites testimonies and appeals to mothers, urging trust in the product and its quick relief.
In Springfield the capital of Illinois Lary the Flower is elected amid controversy over voting rights and candidacies. Key figures include Mrs Altgeld wife of the governor and Mrs Lucy L Flower the women’s candidate for trustees at the state university amid disputed legitimacy.
They are so small that even the most sensitive persons take them. They are effective for obstinate constipation headaches and toroid liver complaints. De Witt's Little Early Risers are advertised as famous little pills by W H Rennelh of St Louis and B Webb Alma.
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